The forgotten man of the 2019 Orioles

[interloper]

1 hour ago, Beef Supreme said:

Also, easily enough forgotten are the 20 starts in centerfield by Anthony Santander, across the 24 total games he played at the position.

Man, I did not remember it being that many. 

[LA2]

1 hour ago, interloper said:

Man, I did not remember it being that many. 

I remember how many strikeouts there were, although it felt nice to have a real centerfielder out there. Broxton K'd 104 times in 204 ABs with three teams in 2019. When he and Davis were in the lineup together....

[Frobby]

I really hope we see Hays for 140+ games in CF this year.   Last year’s merry-go-round was not fun.    Kind of reminded me of shortstop the year we replaced Tejada.    

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I was thinking Keon played on the team in 2018 not last year. I remember Keon, but it feels like he hasn't be on the team for at least a couple seasons. Wasn't Keon the player who would make dramatic leaps for home runs that he was never going to catch?

[sportsfan8703]

The real forgotten(underrated) man is Pedro Severino.

Also, people on here dismiss Smith Jr. too easily. I think the coaching staff likes Smith Jr., he was inserted right back into the lineup once healthy, and I think he’s our OD LF. Like it or not. Maybe a platoon with Mason Williams. Smith Jr. is also a sleeper to lead off. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, RZNJ said:

All this time I accepted Corn's scenario that Mullins was so bad he was replaced by Wilkerson.  That should be revised to he was so bad he was replaced by Rickard.  Thank you.

Clearly I was wrong.  Apologies.

[makoman]

18 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

The real forgotten(underrated) man is Pedro Severino.

Also, people on here dismiss Smith Jr. too easily. I think the coaching staff likes Smith Jr., he was inserted right back into the lineup once healthy, and I think he’s our OD LF. Like it or not. Maybe a platoon with Mason Williams. Smith Jr. is also a sleeper to lead off. 

OBP under .300 and 33rd percentile sprint speed. I really hope we have better options to lead off.

 

17 hours ago, interloper said:

But wait - he didn't come in until a full month after Mullins was optioned. So who the heck played CF for most of May? Joey Rickard, of course. Who I might have forgotten about EVEN MORE than Keon Broxton. 

 

Wilkerson did start 17 of 18 games from May 3rd to 23rd until they got Broxton. Rickard started the first 10 games in the end of April after Mullins was done and then Wilkerson took over for some reason, with Rickard moving to the corners when he played. 

[interloper]

4 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Clearly I was wrong.  Apologies.

I'm going to frame this.

[Can_of_corn]

15 minutes ago, interloper said:

I'm going to frame this.

I'd say I was thinking of you when I wrote that but honestly I don't think of you.

[sportsfan8703]

4 hours ago, makoman said:

OBP under .300 and 33rd percentile sprint speed. I really hope we have better options to lead off. 

Alberto will lead off vs LHP.  Smith Jr. had a .737 OPS against RHP last year.  Smith Jr. also protects against putting too much pressure on Hays.  He also has a good track record of OBP in the minors, and his previous SSS in the MLB.  

I think it's pretty likely that Smith Jr. will hit leadoff, and play a lot of LF early on.  Maybe longer than anyone else would like.  I think the coaching staff likes him.  

[interloper]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'd say I was thinking of you when I wrote that but honestly I don't think of you.

Dang, harsh! Hopefully no hard feelings, I'm bad at reading your sarcasm as you know. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, interloper said:

Dang, harsh! Hopefully no hard feelings, I'm bad at reading your sarcasm as you know. 

I'm not upset at all.

Yours was pretty mild as shots go.

[interloper]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm not upset at all.

Yours was pretty mild as shots go.

It's too bad I didn't think to just check the CF progression from Mullins in that discussion. All the bad from 2019 just runs together. 

[Yossarian]

22 hours ago, SteveA said:

I had fun watching him leap at the fence for fly balls -- at a spot along the wall about 10 feet from where the fly ball actually cleared the fence.

This comment made me laugh out loud at my desk.